Wealth Building

Choosing A Day Trading Firm

Your typical day trading firm will have many day traders. Each one will be more than comfortable in performing their trading activities at the home and at the office. On the other hand, traders are out there who aspire to make a few extra dollars from the comfort of their own homes. In general, it is more desireable to have…

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Currency Trading

Forex Basics Part 1

This is the first in a series of articles that are intending to introduce beginning traders to all the essential aspects of foreign exchange. I will start by identifying and defining the essential aspects of foreign exchange trading, and key components that you will be exposed to as a forex trader. Forex is an acronym for Foreign Exchange. The foreign…

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Currency Trading

Forex Trading System Discretionary Vs Mechanical Systems

There are basically two types of Forex trading systems, mechanical and discretionary systems. The trading signals that come out of mechanical systems are mainly based off technical analysis applied in a systematic way. On the other hand, discretionary systems use experience, intuition or judgment on entries and exits. But which one produces better results? Or more importantly, which one fits…

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Investing

Expectations For Trading Or Investing Returns

Clearly, anyone who trades does so with the expectation of making profits. We take risks to gain rewards. The question each trader must answer, however, is what kind of return he or she expects to make? This is a very important consideration, as it speaks directly to what kind of trading will take place, what market or markets are best…

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Stock Market

Stock Trading Psychology

Many of today’s highly successful traders will tell you that the general key to success in trading is to be able to comfortably take a loss. It is general knowledge among experts in the trading psychology field and among traders that the market is not predictable and it is safe to say that it never will be. In the world…

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